Turns Out Google Didn't Actually Delete All Its UK Street View Data

Google has admitted it has discovered more WiFi data collected by its Street View cars that it has failed to delete. Google's WiFi data collection incidents gave the company a huge privacy black eye in numerous countries around the globe. This has led to police investigations and action by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) against the firm, although no fines or legal action has ever been taken. Google had previously agreed to delete all the data it had gathered in the UK, but in a letter on Friday to the ICO, its global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer admitted yet more information had been found. "Google has recently confirmed that it still has in its possession a small portion of payload data collected by our Street View vehicles in the UK. Google apologises for this error," he said. Fleischer explained that the data had only now been uncovered due to a scan of ...

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